HS Chapter 23 — Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder

HS chapter 23 (Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder) covers 21 product categories in U.S. import records, with 203,075 bill-of-lading shipments. The most imported headings are Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading 2304 or 2305, and Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets.

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Headings in this chapter

HS	Heading	Products	Shipments
2309	Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding	2	127,066
2306	Oilcake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable or microbial fats or oils, other than those of heading 2304 or 2305	7	26,344
2303	Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets	3	15,312
2308	HS 2308	1	12,492
2307	HS 2307	1	8,861
2304	HS 2304	1	5,583
2301	Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption	2	5,359
2305	HS 2305	1	1,238
2302	Bran, sharps (middlings) and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants	3	820

Frequently asked questions about HS chapter 23

What is HS chapter 23?

Chapter 23 of the Harmonized System covers residues and waste from the food industries, prepared animal fodder. In U.S. import records it spans 9 four-digit headings and 21 six-digit product codes.

How many U.S. import shipments fall under HS chapter 23?

ImportDoor has 203,075 U.S. Customs bill-of-lading shipment records under chapter 23, updated monthly.

Which HS 23 heading is imported most into the U.S.?

HS 2309 (Preparations) leads with 127,066 shipments, followed by HS 2306 (Oilcake and other solid residues) and HS 2303 (Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet-pulp).